razing是什么意思？

razing

英[reɪzɪŋ] 美[reɪzɪŋ]

• v. 彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的现在分词 )；

例句

• Years of war culminated in nothing less than a brutal razing of the city. 经年的战争给这座城市带来的不亚于灭顶之灾.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  把（建筑或城镇）夷为平地；彻底摧毁
  If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed.
  例句
  Dozens of villages have been razed... 几十个村庄被夷为平地。 Towns such as Mittelwihr and Bennwihr were virtually razed to the ground. 如米特维尔和本维尔这样的城镇基本上被夷为平地。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
  2. complete destruction of a building